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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-12-22

stood IN The W1r.nes4 cozner10econd-hzod
ar:icaas, one and al; but, to me, Arss hand
from the great ss0r0hoUe Of Hesyeniy
ProysdeDce.
Twilight came and nigth dosed IN ss1sm-
ly, with great fakes of supW falling soft
" upon the windowledgeA
Tired Of playing. Josie and 70 eEept hap
ply into the great, soft marvel Of bad.
and soon were drowned in the sweet ocean
Of sumber. After they were sound asleep
st down before The IRE and fellto mus,ng.
Force a habit took my hands 10 my bead,
force Of habit united tho faded silken rib
hons beneath my chin-then force Of hahss
stOpped, for my inat.eatiye brains being
telegsaphed to by my fngertips that some
thing f0gei1Rn had been touched. came to .
sudden sense Of LIES realities, and with .
little cry pulled the yielding elastic band
that held the sIlken covering in place, and
down tumbled all my own hair-a great,
cleaning mass OF amber strands. I
gathered up thick tresses in my hands and
Kissed them in my giadness. l shook it
like banner in the breeze-a golden orr
flamme-bus then I remembered, and re-
Numbering, cried:
What does this meanr'
IT MEANS" SAID . kindly. half laughing
voice across the counter, when next day I
had come once more within the fragran:
room and asked the meaning Of its pro-
prietors perpiexing action, that l could
not think of cutting 1t or in such bitter
weather-why, child, it would have been
the death of you! If summer brings me
customer we viii talk more about it-but I
knew your present need so gave you money
in advance. ] knew the washing would
tighten its weight upon your head, and it
was q little trick Of mine to bind it within
the silken hood. So Santa Claus was good
TO you-but still claim the hair. remember!
Night OFFER you place within the work
rooms The wages are small, at first, but IN
creasing knowledge Of the trade will cause
their swift advancement-nsy. spare ne
your thanks aud gratitude, my child"
In q clean. warm, well-lighted work-room
I, thereafter, pass the short winter days
and the long winter evenings Joy reigns
in my heart; JOY and its creator, love-
And the spring-time follows winter. and
summer follows spring; and when the rose
trees faunt the perfume OF their rch. red
blossoms on the still. warm air, and pink
carnations burden the dewy nights with
spicy breath. o voice, whose every tone is
ever echoed III my heart OF hearts, SPEAKS
to me softly:
II have come for your hair"
oh, sir" cry, ''oh, sir, not now
L" then, pleadingiy. why do You insist
upon it! You seemed 10th TO cut it OF
months ago WHOM was poor and needy
and now
Ny child. 90 not take it so seriously
Heaven is my witness-no hair of this heed
shall come to harm for ought Of ne! I
want the hair, certainly; but l shall never
take it, sweetheart, unless the head comes
with it, and the dear little body that holds
the sensible head up so bravely! l am
bound, heart, soul and body, in the reshes
Of this golden web-this shining net, which
will not have refused to ne. Speak, my
darling, may have t.' and he Stops and
parts the fiaxen tangie from before ny
biushing face.
You have bough: it," make answer
- it is yours" EVA Best.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-12-22

s'Whst are these thingsf' inquired Blvens
of Mrs BIvens, as he pointed to a pair Of
theatrical tights that hung pendant from
the mautel with sock of bus own between
them.
snow, jim, don't make fun Of them
you always fill my stocking every Christmas
You'll fill then. won't ron, cucky dear. Eve
got one Of yours hung mp and III I'LL It when
you've filed mine and gone 70 bed"
20, yes; IN I'LL them for you- The grocer's
inst brought two barrels Of apples to the
back door and IL get him to put barrel IN
each. They're just about the right sise for
. good 1T"
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-12-22
ONE CHRISTMAS.
A Woman's Noble Sacri6ce and
It's Results.

6matfer where no
matter when-I once
had the noise Of
factory wheels, with
their grinding cogs
and whirring belts,
Ginned into my weary
ears by day-into my
dreams by night 1
could not e ape
them. can not es-
cape them vet; for
even now the shrin
whistles heard in
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-12-22

Clasped close 70 her innocent breast
And tick took tick took,
The close OF Christmas IS sweet
Old memories come back IN q soft-hued hock,
Keeping pace with the penduluIns beat;
And am far back in the days.
And again or my osn mothers breast
Lie havened from III and I'll Efe's sad ways
Like one on the Isles OF the Blest-
Then NJ through the vale OF youth
Fail iocund and careless fare,
While her love burns on as steady as truth
And as tireiess as GODS sweet care.
Then out in the field OF deeds
I'm striving N heat and IL cold
And my feet slip Oft and her dear heart eleeds,
But n held by chain o. gold
Then Christmas to Christmas flies,
And years are but sparks in the air,
And the twilight dim creeps into her eyes,
But sunshine seems still n her hair.
Ii is white with the last soft light
But still IN her tender hold.
Slow leading my feet on up TO her height,
Lies The chain Of invisible gold
And tick took pulses the clock,
look az my sweet ones here,
And memories are OF in suniit hocli,
And the heart OF my humor is clear.
From mother TO child the chain
That leads Us IL last TO His face,
Rrns on forever through pleasure and pain,
For It's links are The hearts OF the race.
ALvA MILTON KERR
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-12-22
THE PIONEER MAID.
A Story Of a Christmas In the
Early Days

HE wild West" one
century ago. was 10
Gated in Northern
New York, then over
grown with forests as
vast as those which
still linger in Mich
igan. Wisconsin and
Mime sofa. The
Eastern wildcat was
as fierce as is his big
brother to-day in the
Rockies. The black
I'M &1-A.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-12-22

Fm trees are the favoeites with IL lnd3en
Tor Christmas trees-fw trees that bear
sealsain sacQues.-Besasa Buietsa.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-12-22
THE HEART-CdAiN.

ICE took. fick e took
There's peace in the
Gre-light's CLEAN:
Ny pulse beats soft
with the pulse OF
the clock.
And my spirit fails
into a dream
Sweet wife sits there in
the light
On her bosom our
darling It rest
With her own doil-babe
appRraled in white
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-30
VOTING FOR LICENSE.

The following is an extract from the
vigorous sermon delivered in Los An
geles, California, by the Rev. w. r.
Goodwin, D. D., of illinois,:
"Some oil you may be angry at your
selves or at me when I say that he who
votes for license is partner in the bus
mess. The law says he that employs
another to commit crime is also gull
tv. If I had license and sold liquor
/ should want that license framed and
put in my coffin. / should want it
with me at the bar of God to show it
with the mayors signature and the
names of the minister's and deacons
who voted for it.
81 would say, DO yoa see Brother
Cantine's name on it or any of my
Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian breth-
ren's names on it?' You cannot get
over or under it. I would rather be the
liquor-seller than the men who vote to
license him. The men who pray to
have a man killed are worse than the
killers.
"You should oppose license. You get
from the men that do your business for
you $50 a month, but who pays that?
1t is the poor la borers mostly; it is TAX
en- from the food and clothing of the
wives and children of the poorest work
ingmen in your city, those who need
the money most.
SIN mining town, when silver was
introduced after the war, an employer
paid his workers off on Saturday in
silver dollars, the first that had been
seen there for q long time. At ten
O'Clock that evening, one saloon of toe
forty in that town had forty of these
silver dollars. The miners money
that ought to feed his family, was paid
out to send the miner home drunk and
penniless.
"You who own property and want
somebody else to pay your taxes, do not
take it out of poor women and starving
children. Far better to kill one rich
capitalist and take his money than tc
kill ], 200 poor families.
Gan Irish women who lived near me
was rejoicing one day, and fiuently
telling that her Jimmy was coming
home with his two months wages from
the railroad pay-car, and little Jimmy
was to have new shoes and there was
to be good time in their cabin. Blu
in the evening she was screaming fol
help. Jimmy had yielded to accept s
treat at saloon and had come home
penniless and furious fiend.
eff you cannot prevent the sale o
whiskey let it be sold underground
where it will not tempt the weak. It's
sight often tempts men to drink thai
otherwise would not go near it. Blu
men will pray lead US not into temp.
tation' and then vote to put up sa
loon. The saloon man votes as he
preys: he is more consistent than many
church bers. If we send people to
hell, | fear some of us will have to &C
there too and see to them. Their blood
will be on us. Curses come home &c
roost. What we sow we shall reap
Your own boy may come home drunk
some day
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-30
THE FOURTH OF JULY BALL.

Arrangements for the Grand Ball are we'll
advanced, and it will be the biggest affair
the Academy has seen since the Grand Open
ing The following Committees have been
appointed:
On Music-M. L. Claybaugh, FL. Davis, A.
Rieke.
On PTinting-John Glare, JOS. Huff, NJ. L.
Claybaugh, and W. I. Gay.
On Rejreshnaents-A. Rieke, J. W. Galu-
tia, Robert Kidd, Jno. Albert, w. NJ. Mat
kin, and the following ladies':
Mrs. j. C. Downs, Mrs. III. Davis,
." j. T. AXE, F. Dinger,
'' E. ID. AXE, Jno. Glare,
NJ. L. Claybaugh, Anton Roehry.
T.R. Gouding, Thos. Callows,
Theo. Rudy, F. Richter,
V. Effinger, Jos. Price,
D. O'Donnell, A. Rieke,
Geo. Schultz, I" E Schultz,
VIM. Steffens, f. Rodach,
NJ. Seitz, J. Albert,
j. W. Galutia, III. NJ. Collins.
On Reception-Thos. Davenport, Joseph
Huff, Geo. Schultz, Anton Roehry, VIM. a.
Fletcher, Thos. Reel, VIM. Gratiot, JAS.
Dixon, Louis Miller.
Floor Managers j. 7. AXE, FL. NJ. Collins,
w. T. Edwards, VIM. Gregory, r. F. Hollo-
man, Hiram Baird, VIM. Trauernicht.
On Police-Paul Patton, p. W. Whit
worth, VIM. Woolem, W. L. Gay.
Doorkeeper-John W. Galutia.
Ticket Agent-Af. Renton.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-30
ola Cnantp Register
.. G. T ". NOTES.

M. G. T ". NOTES.
WHAT A LITTLE GIRL CAN DO.
ida ii. Buxton.
AExzA You think there's little car
HA do
al N FHA To help the temperance
III HHMkH cause,
ABecause I cannot go and vote
WEN And help the men make
laws.
You think Pm small to do the work,
But now just let me say,
That there Is something [ can do
To help the cause each day.
OF course cannot search the streets,
The poor and sick to aid;
OF course / cannot write big books,
Pm such little maid.
But there's one thing Pm going to do
On each and every day;
Now shall tell you what it is:
I'll kneel to God and pray.
Yes, pray to HIM that He will drive
The rum-fien from our land;
That He will give US strength to work,
And bless the temperance band.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-20
Natural Gas Explosion.

PITTsBURG, Pa. Oct. 19.-The first
serious natural gas explosion in the
city took place a little after 10 O'Clock
this morning in the Hotel Albemarle,
BijOu theater block, on Sixth avenue.
The conclusion shook buildings for sew
efal squares, and broke every plate
glass window in the block, but it was
controlled before the flames gained
much Roadway. An investigation
showed that eight persons mad been
seriously, two of them fatally, and at
least as many more were slightly hurt.
The names of the most seriously injured
are; Jacob Dinger, gas emplOye, in
. ternally injured, legs and arms broken,
recovery impossible; Thomas Seaman,
gas employee, badly burned, will die:
two cOlOred men, German and an
Italian, whose names could not be
learned, were terribly burned, but will
probably recover; Fire Gus Dalte was
painfully cut and bruised. A large
number of others sustained bruises and
burns. The damage has not yet been
estimated, but it will be very heavy.
The damage by the explosion will
reach $4,000. The greatest loss is to
the Hotel Albemarle, which will exceed
$4,000. When the explosion occurred
the guests in the Hotel Albemarle be-
came panic stricken, and several were
injured in making their escape from the
building. A number of persons, who
were confined to their beds with typhoid
fever, were carried from the hotel to
places of safety. Fifteen persons in all
were injured, five of them, it is believed,
fatally
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-20
WELL ROASTED.
The Press Of the Country on the Trib-
une Editorial.
TAR AND FEATHERS FAVORED
No Editor Ever Received so Scathinq
Rebuke as Blethen, Of the
Tribune.

Courier Journal.
The attack of the Minnesota news
paper upon the wife of the president of
the United States is of piece with the
attack upon the president made by the
governor of Ohio. In truth, the Repub-
lican party seems to be losing its self
respect with its loss of power. ParSon
Brownlow, in his most reckless and
bellicOse days, would not have stopped
to speak of the chief magistrate as "a
whipped SPANIEL" and we should hardly
look to see so gross an assault upon
woman, as that made by the Minnesota
paper on Mrs. Cleveland, from the vilest
organ of the demi-monde. 1t indicates
a degree of rancorous party spirit, which,
if not extinguished by the firm good
sense and good feeling of the people,
BODIES no good for the country. The
fountain of this viciousness is in Ohio,
and its oracle the disgraceful little no.
body who leads the Republican party in
that state. 1t is an insult to the public
intelligence and blot on the national
manhood.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-20
THE AGRICULTURIsTs
The Convention at Washington
Permanently Organized.

The Convention at Washington
Permanently Organized.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.-The agricul-
tural convention met again this morn
ing. A permanent organization was eff
fected by the adoption of a constitution
providing for and prescribing the duties
of president, five vice-presidents, a
secretary and treasurer, and an execu-
tive committee. The name adopted was
1.-The American Association of State
Agricultural Colleges and Experiment
Stations" to the annual conventions of
which each college and station will be
entitled to send one delegate AT the
morning session Prof Water, of the
Western University. Middleton, Conn.,,
read a paper on the subject of Go
ordination of Work in Agricultural
Experimenting. The speaker dis
cussed means for systematizing the
work of the experiment stations con-
templated in the Hatch bill, so as to Sc
cure the least waste of energy and the
most successful results. The speaker
said that while farms in con-
nection with the stations would I'M
doubtedly be of service, especially in
the beginning. yet the bulk of the best
work, that which is most useful and
SerYiceable to farmers, must be done in
the labratOry and the green house. He
said that the farms of the most import
ant stations in Europe, and especially
Germany,. had been ultimately aban-
d0ned and the stations removed to the
cities and the work continued in con-
nection with prominent universities,
where their facilities were greatly in
creased
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-20
The Carriage Builders.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.-The first bust
ness before the carriage builders con-
vention this morning was the election
of officers. Hugh Johnson, of Detroit,
was elected president, and c. d. Fire
ident. After discussion on the lack of
interest manifested by workmen in the
competitions for superior workmanship
offered by the association, the matter
was referred to the executive committee
to suggest a remedy. The question of
standard track width occasioned a long
discussion. 1t was finally decided to
recommend that all carriages be built of
a track width of four feet eight inches.
and wagon builders were requested to
conform to the gauge. 1t was resolved
to petition for the repeal of all OBJ
noxious state laws relative to CONNER
cial travellers. The proposed perma-
nent exposition in Washington in 1892,
of the arts and industries of the three
Americas was Endorsed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-20
MIR. WEIGHS Vindication,
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi. Oct. 1.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Oct. 10.
To Publisher st. Paul Daily Globe
My Dear Sir: l observe in your paper
of this morning an article headed, ''All
Overruled." civilian P. Welch's De-
murrers are all Thrown Out"
l have son of the above name: but
the publication relates to me personally
and not to him. He is a resident of
Eau Claire, Wis, and has resided there
several years.
You further say:
WEIGH had been indicted for debauching
all old mans daughter prior to 1882, and the
attorney says he went to Gen. Villas and beg
ged him to defend him, which Villas CON
sented to do, and it was upon Villas being
engaged by Col Gill to prosecute him for
criminal libel that WEIGH conceived his
hatred of Gen. Villas.
Now sir, demand from you a full
and complete retraction inrespect to all
the matter charged or insinuated in
respect to any Indictment or proSecu-
ton of any kind whatever or wherever
against me for asSaulting or debauch-
ing any mans daughter at any time or
at any place. The first time I ever
heard of any such Indictment or any
such prosecution was in your paper
this morning. AS to the Indictment in
the Gill matter that is not true. An in
formation may have been filed, but I
never saw it. There was in 1891
litigation started at Madison on the
ground of the invasion in the night
time of the beach of Third lake by the
Chicago d Northwestern railway. The
invasion was engineered by Col. Villas.
l caused the arrest of Gill & Daggett,
partners. on criminal proceed
ings. They counterclaimed in
an action for libel in civil pro-
ings. On the written authority
of the attorney general of the state of
Wisconsin, l commenced an action
against all the parties to restore the
rights of the public to the use of the
the lake and Of the inshore, covering
out into the lake about seventy-five feet.
In the criminal action, after dragging
along months, we came to the day of
trial, when it was found that the whole
court files were missing. New papers
were filed: more delay enSued, and
finally the court held that the defend
ants had only created ''purpresture."
After dragging along for months, all
proceedings were dismissed. The cases
never appeared in court.
In the settlement of the suits, made
publication respecting it, but not of
the character you state.
In conclusion, will add, [ settled in
Madison, Wis, in 1S45, and continuous
ly resided there until 1882, when l came
to Minneapolis. 1 challenge any man to
show that during that long residence I
committed any act at which an honest
man should blush. Yours truly,
VIM. WEIGH.
p. ST. further demand your authori-
ty, and all of it, for the libel you pub
lished ON me, and that you publish the
foregoing with this postscript.
VIM. WEIGH.
Minneapolis, Oct. 10.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-20
The Fidelity Case,

CINCINNATI, Oct. 19.-An evening
paper says that that the United States
court grand jury, in session here, has
found numerous indictments in the FL
dictments against ex-PreSident l.. Har-
per, from seven to ten indictments
against Benjamin E. Hopkins and as
many against Ammi Baldwin, seven in
dictments against Miss Josie Holmes,
Harper's private secretary in the Fidel-
ity bank. 1t says also that Joe Wilt
shire and two other bankers are in
dicted. The paper also states that it is
proposed to raise the bond of Miss
Holmes from $1,000 to $4,000, and that
when the grand jury reports next Fri
day others will also be arrested.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-20
A SOLDIERS CRIME.
Capt. Root Arrested For the Theft
of Some Honey.

ELsnRA. n. Y, Oct. 19.-Eugene
Root, captain of the Twenty-sixth sepa-
rate company, National guard, and his
step-daughter. Miss Ella Oltz, were ar
rested to-day charged with stealing
hive of bees and some honey from
farmer named S. K. Knapp. The prop
erty was recovered and identified. The
prisoners were bailed for trial next Mon
day. Early this morning, while Farmers
Beckwith and Gaylord were returning
from country frolic, Beckwith discoY-
cred that his chicken coop had been
robbed, and the two men armed them
selves and started to hunt for the Of
Tenders. They met Capt. Root and his
step-daughter in the dark and con-
fronted them with shot gun and revol-
yer. The couple had Knapp'S honey,
and on this information being given to
the police the captain and his daughter
were afterwards arrested. Root is one
of the best known military men
in the state. He was an applicant for
the office of adiutant general of the
state at the time the present incumbent
was appointed. He was active in Sc
curing the appropriation for the new ar
mory now in process of building. here,
and the work has been under his imme-
diate supervision. Roots conduct as a
military officer was Investigated by
court of inquiry some time ago, and the
findings of the court are now on file i'll
Albany.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-20
Typhoid Fever Epidemic.

IsHPEMING, Mich, Oct. ia ter
rible epidemic of typhoid fever is rag
ing in Iron Mountain village on the
Menominee railway, 100 south of here.
There were 200 cases yesterday and
new cases reported every few minutes.
Physicians are working night and day,
with help from other towns. The deaths
are numerous. The authorities and ply
sicians are at loss to find from What
cause the epidemic comes. Poor water
and defective sewerage are generally
blamed. A panic prevails, and MANY
are leaving the place. The disease is
very violent and runs its course very
rapidly. The theory that it is genuine
Asiatic cholera, brought there by Italian
laborers, has been advanced, but ply
sicians deny it. The condition at Iron
Mountain is serious and growing worse.
If the disease does not abate soon the
village will have to call for help.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-20
Mormon Church Property.

SALT LAKE, Utah, Oct. 19.-Argu-
ment began to-day in the Mormon
church cases on motion to appoint a
receiver. Stipulation of the facts was
submitted and agreed upon by the OPP
posing counsel, showing that John Tay-
lor last February conveyed to
the different state presidencies
personal property of the church located
in the several counties, valued at $780,
S98, 239; that the church has remaining
only the Temple block of this city,
valued at S150.000; the Tithing block
here at $4,000 and the Amelia palace
$4,000, but the receiver appointed
should not be limited in his
search for property to the items
specified herein. 1t is claimed by the
church that the Mormon Church corpO-
ration was dissolved, and at the April
conference of 1887 the body of the
church appointed three trustees, w. b.
Preston, the presiding bishop, with
CounselOrS Robert L. Benton and John
r. Winder, to take charge of such prop
erty as the church was not allowed to
hold